Abstract
Introduction: Mindfulness Meditation means that a person pays attention to thoughts and feelings withoutjudging them and without believing on them. It can be the key to deal with stress, emotional issues andeven health problems. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation technique on thepromotion of subjective well-being among elderly. Pre- test evaluation of subjective well being was doneby using subjective well being inventory (SUBI) before demonstrating mindfulness meditation technique.Methodology: The study was conducted on 30 elderly. Mindfulness meditation technique was demonstratedfor one month for 20 minutes daily. Results: It revealed that the pre test mean score was 61.63 with SD 10.82and post test mean score was 86.76 with SD 6.56. Mean difference between pre test and post test subjectivewell being score was 25.13.Conclusion: The pre-test revealed that there was low well being score amongelderly. After demonstration of mindfulness meditation technique there was a highly significant increase inthe well being score among elderly. Mindfulness meditation technique was more effective in increasing wellbeing score.
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